West Uralic: Problems with taxonomy

There is no consensus on the taxonomy of Uralic, and different models exist even for the well-studied western branches of the family. Häkkinen’s (2007, 2009) idea that Saami, Finnic and Mordvin form a genealogical node (“West Uralic”), has received surprisingly wide acceptance in recent literature o...

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Main Authors: Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17613/bvfm-nz86
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spelling fthcommons:oai:hcommons.org/hc:69061 2024-10-13T14:10:30+00:00 West Uralic: Problems with taxonomy Sampsa Holopainen Juha Kuokkala 2023 https://doi.org/10.17613/bvfm-nz86 English eng 1162191:Uralic languages:Topic 1162192:Uralic languages--Classification:Topic 2023 fthcommons https://doi.org/10.17613/bvfm-nz86 2024-10-01T00:53:58Z There is no consensus on the taxonomy of Uralic, and different models exist even for the well-studied western branches of the family. Häkkinen’s (2007, 2009) idea that Saami, Finnic and Mordvin form a genealogical node (“West Uralic”), has received surprisingly wide acceptance in recent literature on linguistics as well as prehistory, even though the postulation of West Uralic is based on rather few arguments. In this poster we discuss the alleged phonological innovations and refute their probative value. Other/Unknown Material saami Humanities Commons CORE Deposits
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description There is no consensus on the taxonomy of Uralic, and different models exist even for the well-studied western branches of the family. Häkkinen’s (2007, 2009) idea that Saami, Finnic and Mordvin form a genealogical node (“West Uralic”), has received surprisingly wide acceptance in recent literature on linguistics as well as prehistory, even though the postulation of West Uralic is based on rather few arguments. In this poster we discuss the alleged phonological innovations and refute their probative value.
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Juha Kuokkala
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title West Uralic: Problems with taxonomy
title_short West Uralic: Problems with taxonomy
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